MTOPP News Articles and Interviews
Brownstoner.com Feb 6 2025 Article Developers want to replace a 1920s Ebbetts Field garage with a 13-story, mixed-use development on Empire Boulevard. A rendering of 73-99 Empire Boulevard by S9 Architecture. Image via Brooklyn borough president rezoning hearing presentation Crown Heights locals voiced their concerns about a developer’s plan to Read more…
Everyone is talking about Mayor Eric Adams’s “City of Yes”, however people don’t understand what’s about to happen to their community and why… Here’s the rest of Alicia Boyd’s Op Ed in Our Time Press.
The adoption of Green Fast Track will take away our right to know what is happening in our community. Click Here to read the rest of Alicia Boyd’s Op Ed in BKReader.
The board was served a lawsuit at the general community board meeting last Monday for alleged conflicts of interest and violating the Open Meetings Law. See Full BK Reader Article
MTOPP and Say No To Less let their voices be heard at the September Community Board 9 General Board meeting. Bk Reader covered the issues. See Bk Reader article: CB9 Meeting Erupts Over Transparency and Land Use Issues
Congratulations! Yes our case, despite not having a determination by the 2nd department is now on LexisNexis!!! Here’s the article. It can now be cited in other people’s cases for its importance. Not all of the lower court or even all appellate court cases get to be included in law Read more…
We won!! Here are the details
This article provides a great overview of the key players and events behind our 960 Franklin Avenue rezoning win.
We’re one step closer to victory!! City disapproves Botanic Garden-adjacent mega development
Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who is almost sure to become New York’s next mayor, has voted against the controversial project at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights: two 34-story towers that would offer 50 percent affordable housing but also throw the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s greenhouses into shadow. The vote, while Read more…